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Definition of Turnverein
1. Noun. A club of tumblers or gymnasts.
Definition of Turnverein
1. n. A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.
Definition of Turnverein
1. Noun. A company or association of gymnasts and athletes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Turnverein
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turnverein
Literary usage of Turnverein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Laws by Illinois (1867)
"AN ACT to incorporate the Freeport turnverein. In SECTION 1. ... Said turnverein
to have perpetual succession, and Powers, foil power to sue and be sued, ..."
2. Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West by James Morton Callahan (1912)
"Fraternally he is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and
socially a member of the turnverein Club, Beta Theta Pi and Thêta Nu Epsilon ..."
3. James Nelson Burnes: Late a Representative in Congress from Missouri. His by Edward W. De Knight, James Nelson Burnes (1889)
"Whereas the St. Joseph turnverein and the Germans of the city of St. Joseph have
lost in the deceased a warm friend and a man of honorable and lofty ..."
4. Addresses and Proceedings by National Education Association of the United States, National Teachers' Association (U.S.)., American Normal School Association, Central College Association (1904)
"Bar-bells exercises and dancing steps, by girls of Concordia turnverein; ...
Class work on parallel bars, by juniors of South St. Louis turnverein; ..."
5. Outing (1892)
"ON November 21 the team competitions for fencing with foils were held at the
Central turnverein, Sixty-seventh street. The Fencers' Club, represented by ..."
6. Socialism in German American Literature by William Frederic Kamman (1917)
"The first turnverein in America was organized at Cincinnati on October 22, 1848,
... The St. Louis turnverein originated in 1850, and in the following year ..."
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